CHAMBERLAIN

Posted by Cathy Gowdy on Sunday, May 26, 2013 at 07:57:10 :

Independent Journal
Monday, July 4, 1960
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Marin Girl Killed In Oregon Crash
Coed Dies When Car Hits Tree

A 17-year-old Ross girl was killed in Oswego, Ore., last night when a car in which she was riding hit a tree beside a city street.

Mary Deborah Chamberlain, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Boatner Chamberlain of Upper Road, Ross, was in Portland, Ore. for the summer. She was with a boy friend who was driving when the accident happened.

The youth, whose name was not learned here, was reported in serious condition in a Portland hospital.

Miss Chamberlain was staying with her godmother, Mrs. Howard Holman, and was attending the summer session at Lewis and Clark College in Portland. Oswego is a suburb of Portland.

She had been graduated last month from Dominican Upper School in San Rafael. She was a Sunday school teacher at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Ross.

The family moved to Ross from Portland 12 years ago.

Her father is a trust officer of the Pacific National Bank of San Francisco.

The family flew today to Portland where funeral services will be held. A memorial service will be held at St. John’s Church Friday. The time has not been announced.

Miss Chamberlain is survived by her parents and a brother, David Chamberlain of Bend, Ore.

The family requests that memorial contributions be donations to the carillon fund for the Dominican Convent in San Rafael.